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Overview
Travelfusion is a low cost GDS and the pioneer of 'direct connect' content aggregation. Travelfusion enables Deem users to shop and book Low Cost Carriers, which may not be available in the GDS, or to book fares at a lower cost than the published GDS rates.
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Need to Know
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Need to Know
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Need to know
Important: Many fares with Travelfusion are non-cancelable/non-refundable. Insure when testing that you verify the fare is fully refundable before selecting purchase, or do not select purchase and only confirm the content is being displayed properly.
Deem currently does not support Travelfusion carriers
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that require TFPay. Deem is working on a future enhancement for those carriers which require TFPAY.
No ETA at this time on the
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enhancement.
Please DO NOT configure the following carriers
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, which only support TFPay
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. Your users will not have the ability to complete their purchase and will receive an error. Deem is working to remove them.
Avelo Airlines
Azul Airlines
Go First
IndiGo - unless they have B2B (Business to Business contract) set up
Norwegian
Wizz Air
Allegiant Air
There have been issues booking Allegiant Air through Travelfusion, you can configure Allegiant Air, but keep in mind you may have issues.
Note: If Pre-Trip Approval is enabled, Travelfusion will be auto approved.
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Business to Business (B2B) can be set up with specific carriers.
Supported carriers
Travelfusion
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carriers
Aer Lingus
Air Canada
Air India
Allegiant Air - See note above
easyjet
Eastern Airways
Eurowings
Flair Airlines
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Eastern Airways
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Flybe
Jet2
Qantas
Regional Express
Ryanair
Scoot
Swoop
Transavia
TUIFly
VivaAerobus
Volaris
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Travelfusion B2B carriers
Air Canada B2B
IndiGo Air B2B
VivaAerobus B2B
Volaris B2B
Travelfusion
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Configurations Steps
Click on Services Tab
Click on Travel Agency
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Click on Agency Settings
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Click existing Agency Settings
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Click on Add Ancillary Source
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Source: Select Web: TRAVELfusion
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Source Name: Name each Ancillary fee to make it easy to distinguish for each other
Example: TF - EasyJet
This tells me the Ancillary fee is Travelfusion, and carrier is EasyJet
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Source: Shows source you selected in the previous screen
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Airline: Select carrier from list
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Airline Private Rate Codes: Enter private rate code if client has one (not required)
Source Override: Select the radio button to the left of one of the below options
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Replace Primary Source Content:
Supplement Primary Source Content:
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configuration
To configure Travelfusion, you must add an ancillary source and then enable web fares.
Add Travelfusion ancillary source
From the partner dashboard home page, select the Settings link for the site you want to modify.
From the top menu, select the Services tab.
Select Travel Agency.
Select Agency Settings.
Select configuration you would like to update.
At the bottom of the Ancillary Sources table, select Add Ancillary Source.
Enter a source name that describes the ancillary. For example, enter TF - easyJet to indicate that the ancillary fee is Travelfusion and the carrier is easyJet.
In Source, select Web: TRAVELfusion.
Select an airline from the list.
Enter private rates codes if you have them for the selected airline.
Select a Source Override option. If Supplement Primary Source Content is chosen, air search results will present both Travelfusion (
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web fares) as well as GDS
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, with the lowest fare
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Example: If the Web fare is offering a lower cost than the GDS, then the user will be presented with the web fare. Yet if the GDS fare is lower than the GDS rate will be present to the user.
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Exclude Primary Source Content:
presented to the customer (whether that be web fare or GDS fare).
Select an option for Would you like the system to add ancillary passive segments to your primary GDS
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The option Yes, system generated is recommended.
If you choose Yes, using Custom PNR
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, open a Deem Support Case
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if you need assistance
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Yes, system generated:
Recommended
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No, do not add passive segments to primary GDS:
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Click Save
Select Save.
Repeat the
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steps above for each
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ancillary source you need
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to add.
Select Save on the Agency Settings
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page.
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Enable web fares
Important: Web fares must be enabled.If you have more than one display setting you will need to update each one separately.
Please click on further information around Display Configurations, field to update below
Select the Services menu.
Select Display Configuration.
Select Display Configuration List.
Choose the list you want to modify.
For the Enable airline web fare booking capabilities
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option,
Choose Yes to enable web fare booking. Web fares include VMI Baby, Ryan Air, and EasyJet, American Airlines B2B.
Choose No to not allow web fare booking
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Move to the bottom of the screen and click on Save
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Commit changes
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Scroll down and select Save. For more information about this page, refer to Display Configurations.
Commit your changes.
Important: Many fares with Travelfusion are non-cancelable/non-refundable.
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Insure when testing that you verify the fare is fully refundable before selecting purchase, or do not select purchase and only confirm the content is being displayed properly.